Improvement in mirrors



H. S. WOOD.

' Mirror.

No. 202,621. Patented April I6, 1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HENRY S. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MIRRORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,621, dated April16, 1878; application filed December 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. WOOD, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mirror Attachments,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1represents a sectional side elevation; and Fig. 2 is a sectional rearView, on a -larger scale than the previous figure.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements on that class of mirrorattachments for which a patent was granted to me December 29, 187 4, No.158,348.

My present improvement consists in the combination, with amirror-supporting standard, of a curved arm, provided with a taperingsocket, a bracket to which the mirror is secured, and a tapering plug,which is attached to said bracket and fits the tapering socket of thecurved arm, so that the point around which the mirror turns is broughtright over the center of the mirror-supporting standard, and thesteadiness of the mirror is improved.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a standard, which rises from afoot, B, in which it may be firmly secured by a nut, a, as shown in Fig.1, or to which it may be connected in such a manner that it can freelyswivel therein. From the upper end of said standard extends a curvedarm, 0, which is provided with a tapering socket, b, to receive a plug,D, which is firmly connected to a bracket, E, to which the mirror F issecured by means of screws, rivets, nails, or any other suitablefastenings. The plugD swivels in the socket. b, and its point ofconnection with the bracket E is situated in line with the center of thestandard A, so that the mirror can be turned without danger of beingupset.

A set-screw, c, which retains the plug D in its socket, serves to adjustsaid plug, so that it does not turn spontaneously in its socket, andthat it permits of adjusting the mirror to any desired inclination.

The curved arm C may be provided with a second tapering socket, d, (seeFig. 2,) which fits a plug, G, extending from the upper end of thestandard A, so that the mirror can be turned in a horizontal planewithout moving the footplate B.

If the standard A is made to swivel in the foot-plate, the plug G andsocket d can be dispensed with. Y

Instead of providing the curved arm 0 with a tapering socket, b, saidarm might be provided with a plug to fit a tapering socket secured tothe bracket E; or, in other words, the position of the plugs and socketsmay be reversed without changing the result of my improvements.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a mirror-supporting standard, of a curved arm,provided with a tapering socket, to which the mirroris secured, and atapering plug, which is attached to said bracket and fits the taperingsocket of the curved arm, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose herein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand andseal this 8th day of November, 1877.

HENRY S. WOOD. [L. s.] Witnesses:

J VAN SANTVOORD, E. F. KAs'rENHUBEn.

